Last night my bass amp during a recording session died on me. The amp is quite old and is not worth getting repaired because it would cost more for parts than the amp is worth (transformer is fried, speaker is toast, tweeter is done just about everything that could go wrong did).

I appeal to the ss.org gods can you recommend me a new bass amp and cab? I do not know much about bass stuff. It will need to keep up with a drummer guitar player etc. It would be nice to have a direct output but it is not completely the end all be all amp. I usually track bass through my Axe FX II. I have about $500 to $1000 to spend.

I was thinking two cabs 2x10 cab and 1x15 cab. Some players come in and incest we mic there bass cab.

I'd recommend a hartke LH500 or LH1000. and a good 4x10 or 8x10 if u can, Carvin sells a 1200w 4Ω 8x10 for about $600. It'll be cheap and get the job done.

with the carvin and hartke option i suggested, itll run $928.99-$1,078.00

But there are alot of options out there. So look around for what suits your style, and always check used gear. you may get lucky and find something really nice

Plus, if you are going to play with people who use cab+heads (especially tube heads), never use a combo. You wont find one loud enough to keep up, and if you do it'll be more expensive than buying a cab+head that's just as powerful if not more powerful.

Makes sense. I just needed more thud for this recording project I am doing (its a Dave Mathews type band ) but when I start up my next project it will be with a 7 string bass so the 410 will need to come into play then!

Makes sense. I just needed more thud for this recording project I am doing (its a Dave Mathews type band ) but when I start up my next project it will be with a 7 string bass so the 410 will need to come into play then!

Thanks

No problem

That makes more sense now that you mentioned what kind of music you're playing haha

I play through an ampeg refridgerator live not because it even sounds good but all you need live is something to here yourself with and all my tone is in my head unit and venue pa so it's never been a concern and I always record direct, or like yourself pre'd with an axe fx but I swear to this day the best ....ing cab I have ever played through was a markbass 2x10 neo cab with a littlemark 2. Such a warm and beefcake tone andis if I was in the market for a studio bass rig I wouldn't hesitate for one second to purchase that combo or anything markbass really.

In that price range, I'd get a Gallien-Krueger MB800 or Aguilar Tone Hammer 500. The Aguilar has a more versatile preamp, but both are fantastic-sounding, versatile heads well within your price range, and with plenty of juice to keep up with a drummer.

Cab-wise, see if you can't find a reasonably well cared-for Eden D410XLT or Ampeg 410HE used somewhere.